This research, led by Dr. Rachel McKane, combines qualitative coding with exploratory text analysis to examine how environmental logics were embedded in the area descriptions that accompany the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation’s (HOLC) racist residential security maps – often referred to as the “redlining maps” – for the city of Los Angeles. Our analysis reveals how elements of “natural” environment, including the topography of the land, were perceived as protectors of whiteness. Across many A-graded neighborhoods, the rugged terrain of the natural environment was perceived as a protector of white space, demonstrating the symbolic value of nature in the creation of racial projects such as the production and maintenance of racial segregation. As such, we argue that HOLC surveyors implicated nature itself in white supremacy. We highlight how this misallocation of risk is not only inherently illogical, but also dangerous because many of the white spaces in the hilly and mountainous regions of Los Angeles continue to face threats from brush fires, flooding, and mudslides.